Workshop Simulator
Skip · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 18, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 10.3h 14.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.94/hr
- Reviews
- 67% of 304 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $9.99 (50% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Workshop Simulator allows you to repair and refurbish items using a range of restoration mechanics such as disassembling, cleaning, sanding and painting. The accompanying story will immerse you in the nostalgia of tinkering with your grandfather.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Geforce 750 GTX, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
19 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 13 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, PANELKI ($0.87, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator ($29.99, scores 9).
More about Workshop Simulator
1 of the 285 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2022 to June 2026.
The drop-off
83% start to 8% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
great idea for a sim, also some really good work in implementing those ideas into the game. unfortunately, all the things that make a game great, rather than frustrating, have been overlooked. i'll start with the glitches, zero attention has been given to fix prior problems with the game. Many of which were reported when the game was released into early access. Its been at least 2 years since I last attempted to...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A game with potential It had so much potential a shame that the devs the game has abandoned. The story line was too short. If they had added some sort of free play. Where you could upgrade your shed and abilities. Then was the game for me personal great
Fun game, could use more things to use money on at the end game and some stain colors for wood.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Workshop Simulator scores 18/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1650550/workshop-simulatorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.